Glossary of Acronyms
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Published:2017
2017. "Glossary of Acronyms", Traffic Safety and Human Behavior, David Shinar
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- AAA
American Automobile Association
- AAAF
AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety
- AARP
American Association of Retired Persons
- AASHTO
American Association of State Highway Safety Officials
- ABLS
Alternating Blinking Light System
- ABS
Anti-lock Braking System
- ACC
Adaptive Cruise Control
- ADAS
Advanced Driver Assistance System
- AMA
American Medical Association
- ANSI
American National Standards Institute
- BAC
Blood Alcohol Concentration
- BRT
Brake Reaction Time
- CDC
(U.S.) Centers for Disease Control
- CDS
Count-Down Signal
- CHMSL
Center High-Mounted Stop Light
- CMF
Crash Modification Factor
- CNS
Central Nervous System
- DALY
Disability Adjusted Life Year
- DBQ
Driver Behavior Questionnaire
- DECP
Drug Evaluation and Classification Program
- DPS
Demerit Point System
- DfT
(U.K.) Department for Transport
- DOT
(U.S.) Department of Transportation
- DRE
Drug Recognition Expert
- DRL
Daylight Running Lights
- DRUID
Driving Under the Influence of Drugs Alcohol and Medicines
- DUID
Driving Under the Influence of Drugs
- DWI
Driving While Intoxicated
- EDR
Event Data Recorder
- EC
European Commission
- EEG
Encephalogram
- ESC
Electronic Stability Control
- ETSC
European Transport Safety Council
- EU
European Union
- FARS
Fatality Analysis Reporting System
- FHWA
(U.S.) Federal Highway Administration
- FMCSA
(U.S.) Federal Motor-Carrier Safety Administration
- FOT
Field Operational Test
- GDE
Goals for Driver Education
- GDL
Graduated Driver Licensing
- GDP
Gross Domestic Product
- GHSA
(U.S.) Governors Highway Safety Association
- GIDAS
German In-Depth Accident Study
- HGN
Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus
- HRV
Heart Rate Variability
- HUD
Head-Up Display
- ICADTS
International Council on Alcohol Drugs and Traffic Safety
- IIHS
(U.S.) Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
- ITF
International Transport Forum
- IRTAD
International Road Traffic Accident Data
- ISA
Intelligent Speed Adaptation
- ISO
International Standards Organization
- ITE
Institute of Transportation Engineers
- ITS
Intelligent Transportation System
- IVDR
In-Vehicle Data Recorder
- KSS
Karolinska Sleepiness Scale
- LATCH
Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children
- MADD
Mothers against Drunk Driving
- MAIDS
Motorcycle Accident In-Depth Study
- MAIS
Maximum Abbreviated Injury Score
- MUTCD
(U.S.) Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices
- NCAP
New Car Assessment Program
- NADS
(U.S.) National Advanced Driving Simulator
- NASA-TLX
(U.S.) National Aeronautics and Space Administration Task Load Index
- NASS
(U.S.) National Automotive Sampling System
- NCSS
(U.S.) National Crash Severity Study
- NDS
Naturalistic Driving Study
- NHTSA
(U.S.) National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
- NIDA
(U.S.) National Institute of Drug Abuse
- NMVCCS
(U.S.) National Motor-Vehicle Crash Causation Survey
- NRSA
(Israel) National Road Safety Authority
- NSC
(U.S.) National Safety Council
- NTSB
(U.S.) National Transportation Safety Board
- OR
Odds Ratio
- OECD
Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development
- PI/E
Public Information and Education
- PMVI
Periodic Motor Vehicle Inspection
- PRT
Perception Reaction Time
- PTW
Powered Two-Wheeler
- RAP
Road Assessment Program
- RAPT
Risk Awareness and Perception Training
- RR
Relative Risk
- RTOR
Right Turn On Red
- SAE
Society of Automotive Engineers
- SARTRE
Social Attitudes to Road Traffic Risk
- SFST
Standardized Field Sobriety Test
- SHRP
Strategic Highway Research Program
- SOFI
Swedish Occupational Fatigue Inventory
- SPI
Safety Performance Indicator
- SSS
Sensation Seeking Scale or Stanford Sleepiness Scale
- SWOV
(The Netherlands) Institute for Road Safety Research
- THC
Tetra Hydro Cannabinol
- TNO
(The Netherlands) Organization for Applied Scientific Research
- TPB
Theory of Planned Behavior
- TRB
(U.S.) Transportation Research Board
- TTC
Time -to-Collision
- UDA
Unsafe Driving Action
- UFOV
Useful Field of View
- UNECE
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
- VRU
Vulnerable Road User
- WHO
World Health Organization
